For decades, Corey Tarwater and her research team have used mist nets by day to capture various species of tropical birds in ...

It appears that the bats change the way they echolocate in order to gain detailed information about their neighbors nearby. This strategy ultimately appears to help them successfully maneuver and ...

The downside of the spring warmup — the emergence of biting mosquitoes and other flying pests — would be much worse without ...

In the past decade, some bat species have been added to the ranks of “singing” animals, with complex, mostly ultrasonic vocalizations that, when slowed down, rival the tunes of some songbirds. Like ...

Birds usually have a prominent breast keel where heavy muscles are attached; in bats, only one muscle is attached to the breastbone, the ribs are flattened, and there is some fusing of the vertebral ...

Bats are fascinating animals, and despite all the myth and creepiness surrounding them, they really remind one more of a drunk bird lost in the night sky than the blood-sucking creature they’re ...

The nocturnal night dwellers are actually among the very best wildlife you can attract to your garden, say experts.

The two professors have collaborated on research involving the flight of bats using Brown’s Animal Flight and Aeromechanics Wind Tunnel, a testing facility that allows researchers to study wild-caught ...

Less well known are its applications in the study of migratory birds, bats, and insects, which initially showed up as "phantom signals" on the radar screens during World War II. Aa Aa Aa Many ...